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OORYLUS— Hazel. 



On this I have nothing aefinite to say. At Vienna we saw a 

 specimen of the C. colurna or Tree Hazel, 30 feet in height. 

 Farther South in Turkey it grows to a height of 50 or 60 feet, but is 

 not hardy in cold climates. At Reutlingen Mr. Lucas showed 

 us the fruit of a number of varieties bearing large nuts of different 

 shapes, but I cannot say if likely to prove hardy here. In the 

 extreme climate of Kazan we saw lots of wild Hazel, but the fruit 

 is small ; no improvement upon our native species. 



Nut culture has been tried at Riga, and Mr. Goegginger 

 suggests that we should try the Giant de Halle. 



OOTONEASTER. 



We saw many hardy varieties. In the gardeA of the Agricul- 

 tural Academy at Petrovskoe, multiflora, vulgaris and lucida seemed 

 all right. In the Moscow Botanic Garden we saw one variety 

 bearing red berries, and another blue ; both seemed quite hardy, 

 so was lucida. Acutifolia grows to height of 6 feet, and seemed 

 quite hardy at some points in Northern Russia. I saw many hardy 

 forms, but did not take any trouble to look them up. 



CRAT.ffilGUS— Thorn. 



The Oxyacantha, or Quick, is the common hedge plant of 

 Central and Western Europe. On our way to Russia we passed 

 thousands of miles of this hedge ; along the railways, along the 

 road-sides, often separating suburban properties. We began to 

 lose sight of it on the way to Warsaw. However, it is qi ite 

 hardy there and is grown a good deal, but we cease to find it as a 

 hedge plant beyond Vilna. At Riga it is not hardy, and from 

 thence Northward it is replaced by Siberica. On our return journey 

 we find the Oxyacantha again at Kiev, large trees of it in the 

 Botanic Gardens, such as one sees upon estates in England. The 

 hardiness of this plant could no doubt be increased by getting 

 seed from its North-Eastern limits of growth. 



